Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Alimony — Indefinite alimony — Burden of proof This is the second appeal arising out of the divorce of Mohammad Bhuiyan and Farhana Bhuiyan in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. The circuit court’s original judgment of absolute divorce ...

Divorce — Marital property — Home improvement loan In January 2013, a judgment of absolute divorce was entered in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County dissolving the marriage of Michael Link, appellant, and Christina Link, appellee. The judgment, in ...

Divorce — Marital property — Court-appointed trustee The parties, Joan Brault and Christopher Kosmowski, were married for almost 30 years but divorced and entered into a marital property agreement in 2017. This is Ms. Brault’s second appeal from the divorce ...

Divorce — Marital property — Retirement accounts Appellant, Maria Miranda Falcon (“Maria”), and appellee George Falcon (“George”) were granted a Judgment of Absolute Divorce on February 3, 2017, in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. The divorce case was contested, ...

Divorce — Marital property — Pension This appeal arises from a hearing on a Complaint for Interpleader in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. The trial court, sitting as the finder of fact, found in favor of Barbel Bundels (“Bundels”) ...

Divorce — Marital assets — Fraudulent concealment On July 11, 2018, appellant Lisa de Koomen (“Lisa”) filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County a petition to vacate an October 30, 2006 divorce judgment, alleging in substance that her former ...

Divorce — Alimony — Arrearage Frederick P. Smith (“Husband”), the appellant, contends that the Circuit Court for Montgomery County erred “by entering a final money judgment against” him upon confirming an arbitration award in favor of his former spouse, Esther ...

Divorce — Marital property — Marital home Lubna Kahn, appellant, and Zubair Niazi, appellee, divorced in 2010. Approximately four years later, they reached an agreement regarding the disposition of their marital home, and the Circuit Court for Howard County entered ...

Divorce — Marital property — Marital home This case arises from a contract dispute between a divorced couple regarding their agreement to sell the former marital home (“the Property”) pursuant to the judgment of divorce in the Circuit Court for ...

Divorce — Vacating of divorce judgment  — Fraud, mistake or irregularity In June 2017, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County entered an order granting Rica Villa Gardner (“Wife”), an absolute divorce from Robert Brian Gardner (“Husband”). The judgment of ...